National Labor Relations Board v. Mason Mfg. Co.

The National Labor Relations Board seeks our decree confirming its findings that respondent, Mason Manufacturing Company, had committed an unfair labor practice within Section 8(1) and 8(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S. C.A. § 158(1, 3), in discharging, on or about March 30, 1938, a number of its employee upholsterers formerly members of Upholsterers, Furniture, Carpet, Linoleum & Awning Workers’ International Union of North America, Local No. 15, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and discouraging their membership in active labor organizations, including United Furniture Workers of America, Local No. 576, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, (now Congress of Industrial Organization,) and its orders that the respondent shall cease and desist from such and all other unfair labor practices and shall restore the discharged men to its employ with back pay. The facts support the Board’s jurisdiction, which is not questioned.

Respondent admits that it discharged the upholsterers in its employ because they were not members of A. F. of L. Local 15. It does not contend that, in the ab-sen.ce of any other facts, this discharge would not…